Norway
The densest Tesla country on earth: about one Tesla for every 26 people, and Tesla is the fifth-largest brand in the entire Norwegian car parc. It is also the only major European market where registrations grew in 2025, up 41%. None of those cars can use FSD Supervised — Norway is outside the EU and cannot inherit the Dutch approval.
Where it sits
Tesla fleet
SSB counted 161,770 Teslas in the parc on 1 January 2025. Adding 34,285 registrations in 2025 and 15,728 to 10 September 2026 gives roughly 212,000.
New registrations
| Year | New Teslas | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 24,259 | — |
| 2025 | 34,285 | +41% |
| 2026 to date | 15,728 | part year |
Registrations are the yearly flow of new cars, not the fleet. The 212,000 figure above is the stock — every Tesla currently on the road. 2026 covers January to 31 August, so it is not comparable with a full year: like for like it is down against the 2025 boom.
Road safety baseline
A safer baseline means less room for FSD to help. Norway is already safer than the EU average, which is why the figures here look modest next to countries with the same fleet size.
How this number is worked out
116 road deaths × 0.83 crash reduction × ( 212,000 the whole Tesla fleet ÷ 2.20M vehicles ) = 9.3 lives / year
Because FSD is blocked here, the calculation uses the whole 212,000-car fleet: this is what Norway is currently giving up, not what it is getting. The 83% figure is the midpoint of Tesla's published crash-rate data; the vehicle total assumes 400 vehicles per 1,000 people. Full workings on the methodology page.
Who decides
Norway has not recognised the Dutch type approval. Outside the EU it cannot inherit the Dutch approval at all: it has to grant its own.
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